Since I’m flying premium on Emirates, I am entitled to their limo pickup service, which is excellent – considering my flight is out of JFK (Kennedy) airport, it’s easily a $65 ride from Manhattan. The only problem is … I…
Another LifeMiles promo is on!
LifeMiles is probably one of my most love/hated frequent flyer programs. Their redemptions are painful as hell at http://www.lifemiles.com, since you cannot book mixed-class redemptions (so if you’re trying to book business class, every single segment must be available), which…
Qatar joins oneworld Oct 30 – but bookings via Avios already available
One of the most desirable things in flying these days is to try to snap up some of the Middle Eastern carriers into some kind of an alliance. Emirates, Qatar, Etihad – they cover a LOT of routes that are…
Air Canada Earn Your Wings promotion starts
To take a brief break from the round-the-world trip report: the convoluted Amazing Race promotion starts today. It seems extremely complicated to earn anything with it, but as any promotion where you MIGHT fly Air Canada or other airlines (assumably,…
Do you *have* to travel round-the-world with Aeroplan for best value?
A reader asked me: “is RTW (round-the-world) the only Aeroplan reward worth pursuing?” It is almost true that the best value for Aeroplan is round-the-world trips in premium cabins – what better to do than to visit a few continents…
SPG Aeroplan fall promo is here!
I love it when they do this – they do not force you to choose one promo over the other. So the SPG Aeroplan promo gets you 9,000 points when you stay five nights – on top of the Take Two…
New LM sale!
Up it goes! 2-for-1 this time. https://www.lifemiles.com/eng/tra/pro/proofeinf.aspx?D=DOF24
Aeroplan Star Challenge 2013: strategies and ideas
So I plan on taking advantage of this for at least one of my accounts, possibly more. This year’s promo is certainly not as easy as before, especially if you do not have any Sobeys close to you. So here…
Aeroplan Star Challenge up again for 2013!
Looks like the 2012 promo is back – with a vengeance. While in 2012, most people just pumped gas in $3 increments. A number of strategies came about, such as to buy a gift card and immediately use it to…
Aeroplan mini-RTW rules, tricks and explanation, part 4
In this iteration, we will discuss the arcane exception to “maximum permitted mileage” (MPM) rules that normally prevents you from visiting way far off cities along a route. Generally, your routing between point A and point B must fall within…